Luggage-carrier for automobiles



F. SMITH.

LUGGAGE CARRIER FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION men MAYI. 1920.

1,357,736. Patented Nov. 2, 1920 UNIT no s'rATss earner orri FREDERICK SMITH, .OF LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

LUGGAGE-CARRIER FOR AUTOMOBILES.

' Application filed May 1,

riers for Automobiles; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear and exact description of the same. p

This invention relates to a luggage carrier for automobiles which consists essentially ot ,a horizontal member. adapted to lie on the tread surface. of the running board, and in its operative position towers tend transversely across it,'a vertical member separable from, and extending through, the horizontal member for detachably connecting these parts to the running board, and a flexible member attachable to the vertical and horizontal members. The horizontal member may take the form of a flat or substantially flat bar apertured at one end to receive the vertical member and at the other end for theattach- .ment of the flexible member.

The vertical member may take the form of a bolt to be inserted through the running board or to be inserted in a stationary nut therein, in the former case the bolt being provided with wing nuts arranged on opposite sides of the running board to clamp the vertical member thereto. The upper end of the vertical member is apertured for the attachment of the flexible member which may consist of a leather strap, webbing or the like.

For an understanding of the invention reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l, is a perspective view of a run ning board showing the luggage carrier in position,

2, is a plan view of the horizontal member, a

Fig. 3, is an elevational view of the vertical member, and

Fig. l, is a sectional view of a running I board showing a stationary nut for holding the vertical member oi: the luggage carrier parts.

Like characters of reference refer to like Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1920;

1920. Serial in. 378,258.

parts throughout the specification and drawings. i

a represents the usual type of running board for an automobile in which is formed two apertures a adjacent to its inner edge. Z2 represents the horizontal member of the luggage carrier, this member in its operative position being adapted to lie transversely across the running board.

At one end of the horizontal member Z), is an aperture Z), corresponding with its respective aperture a in the running board and at the other end of the horizontal memher is 'an aperture do. Eetweenthe apertures Z). 6', are a series of apertures b ai" ranged in a row lengthwise of the horizontal member for the purpose hereinafter described.

0 represents the vertical member, which is 01"- a height suitable to that of the luggage to be carried. The lower end c of the vertical member is screw-threaded and corresponds in diameter with that of the apertures a, b, and the upper end is apertured as shown at c.

As shown in 8, the vertical member is provided with two wing nuts cZ, cZ', arranged on opposite sides of the running board a. to clamp the vertical member in position when the parts are assembled.

In the assembly or" the parts the horizon-. tal member in its operative position is arranged transversely of the running board a., The screw threaded end 0 or" the vertical member is inserted through the apertures b, a, and clamped in position by the wing nuts d, (Z2 this clamping arrangement securely locking both the vertical and horizontal members against displacement.

The luggage is placed to bear on the horizontal members and against the vertical members and is securely held in this posi tion by the flexible member 6, which in this case consists of a strap provided with snap hooks It to engage in the apertures 7), o", of the horizontal and vertical members respectively and with a take up such as a buckle g or the like interj acentits ends for contracting it against luggage upon the carrier. For large sized articles the snap hooks of the flexible members are engaged in the apertures b, 0", but for small sized articles one of the snap hooks can engage In Fig. 3, the vertical member is shown to be provided with wing nuts, but one of these nuts may be dispensed with and a stationary nut f-may be permanentlyrinserted in the running board for each vertical member, as shown in Fig. 4. p

Having thus fully described my invention, what .I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentis:

1. Aluggage carrier comprising a horizontal member adaptedto lie transversely across the running board of an automobile having each end apertured, a vertical member, the'lower end of which is screwthreaded and adaptedito pass through the aperture at the inner end of the horizontal member and through the running board for the attachment of the luggage carrier thereto, an aperture at the upper end of the vertical member, and a'fiexible member detachably secured to the upper end ofv the vertical member and to the outer end of the horizontal member.

2. In aluggage carrier the combination of a running board, having an aperture near its inner edge, a horizontal member adapted to lie transversely across the running board having at its inner end an aperture corresponding to the aperture through the running board, a vertical member having its lower portion screwthreaded and adaptedto pass through theaperture at the'inner end of the horizontal member and the aperture in the running board, clamping nuts for said screwthreaded portion to lock the verticalsand horizontal members to the running board, and a flexible member attached to the upper end of-the vertical v memberand to the outer end of'the horizontal member.

Toronto, Ontario, April 22nd, 1920.

. FREDERICK SMITH. Signed in the resence of i CHAS. H. norms, W..J, GILOHRIST. 

